my Cobra got hurt tonight......So yesterday I called up *********** in Santee and talked to ****. I said to him that I had an 01 Cobra with IRS and could he install my 3.73's for me. He said "sure yea we do gears all the time". I said perfect, I'll drop the car off tomorrow morning at 9 am. So I did, I dropped the car off, talked to Mike, and went to work courtesy of my brother and his little blue BMW. All day goes by, and I hear nothing from ****. Keep in mind I left my cell phone number with him and was assured that I'd be updated throughout the day. Anyways, 7pm rolls around, and I'm done with work. My brother picks me up, and we drive out to Santee to get my car. Both of us are wondering why I never got a call.
Part II:
We get to ************ and see my car isn't in it's original position, so I know it's at least been moved. I look in the front seat and see a note from ****:
"Hi Beau, I didn't know your Cobra had IRS and I don't have the tools for the gear swap here. Call me tomorrow if you have any questions, the gears are in the trunk."
WOW I am annoyed! I SPECIFICALLY asked if he could do an IRS gear swap and he said yes. Either he cannot hear or totally forgot that I told him I have IRS on my car. Anyways my brother is running late for a date he is going on so he and I agree to just go. By the way, the shop closes at 5pm. Anyways I get out onto Mission Gorge Road and start driving. About a mile up, coming to the intersection fo Mission Gorge and Cuyamaca, BANG! the rear of the car suddenly drops and the car stops moving. I was going about 20-25 mph, getting ready to stop because the light was read. OH ****!!!! I wondered what the hell happened. My first thought was that the half shalfts had come out of the gear case. That would explain why the car wouldn't move.
Part III:
I throw the flashers on, and get out of the car, walk to the sidewalk and call my brother to come back. He does, we call a tow truck, (I am SO glad I have AAA), and go back to look at the car. I'm looking at the passenger side rear tire when he goes "BEAU LOOK AT THIS!!" so I walk over, and I find, NO LUGS HOLDING THE WHEEL ON. They are gone!! Those idiots forgot to tighten the bolts back to spec.
I look around, and sure enough, I see one..then two, and finally a third lug sitting there in the street. Now my brother is pissed too. So, we wait for the tow truck, pop some flares, and make some phone calls. We called up our friend J Bittle, owner of JBA Racing, and left a message saying we'd be having my Cobra towed there. I got the sheriff's deputy and tow truck driver to sign statements explaining what they saw when they were on the scene, so now the task at hand is to get an idea of the damage and get *********** to pay for it ASAP.Thats all.
Beau
as of now i am pretty sure i'll be participating in the dyno day. 
